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Topic:	Hornet Plus 3: A Captain's Account of the Apollo 11 Recovery (Orbit Creative Films)

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by cspg: [B]Derived from the book by Bob Fish, "<A HREF="http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum9/HTML/001508.html">Hornet Plus Three</a>" published by Creative Minds Press in 2009?[/B][/QUOTE]
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#ffffff" FACE="arial, helvetica">T O P I C     R E V I E W</font></CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="arial, helvetica">Robert Pearlman</FONT></TD><TD><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="arial, helvetica">USS Hornet Museum release <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="+0"><b>Hornet Plus 3: A Captain's Account of the Apollo 11 Recovery</b></font><P><div align="justify">Today — July 24 — marks the 45th anniversary of the splashdown of the first lunar landing mission, Apollo 11. The spacecraft, astronauts and moon rocks were flawlessly recovered by the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CVS-12) in the Pacific Ocean, several hundred miles southwest of Hawaii. While 500 million people worldwide watched on their TV sets, only the 2,500 men onboard the ship witnessed the details of this complex yet historically significant operation.<BR> <BR>A little later, the U.S. Navy created an internal film to educate other naval personnel about this recovery operation. It was narrated by the Commander of the Apollo 11 Recovery Operation, and CO of the Hornet, Captain Carl Seiberlich.<BR> <BR>This film was lost to history until recently when Robert Howard, a videographer in Canada, bought the original reels from a sale on eBay, digitized them and produced a new high resolution video.<P>You can watch several important snippets of it here:<P><center><iframe width="400" height="225" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/0hX7AN3e1R4?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>

DVDs of the entire film are now available for purchase from the USS Hornet Museum and Orbit Creative Films.

cspg

Derived from the book by Bob Fish, "Hornet Plus Three" published by Creative Minds Press in 2009?

Robert Pearlman

This is a restored, archival film produced by the Navy for internal use following the recovery and contemporary to the mission. Despite its similar title, it's not based on the book, which was published decades later.

David C

quote:
Originally posted by cspg:
Derived from the book by Bob Fish, "Hornet Plus Three"...

As Robert says, absolutely not. Have a look above the window of the MQF. There were also metal pin badges produced for the occasion.

randy

Just ordered my copy. Can't wait to get it.

On edit: I got my copy today. It is very informative and has scenes not too many people have seen until now. Very nice addition to my collection.

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